Michael Jackson's This Is It Breaks Records Across the Globe

The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It doesn't hit cinemas for another few weeks but it's already racking up record-breaking pre-sales across the globe for its limited two-week theatrical engagement.

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The Michael Jackson concert documentary This Is It doesn't hit cinemas for another few weeks but it's already racking up record-breaking pre-sales across the globe for its limited two-week theatrical engagement.

The film, which documents MJ's rehearsals for the 'This Is It' concert series, accounted for 80% of all online ticket sales in its first 24 hours of sales on 27 September. It sold out opening-day Los Angeles screenings within two hours, sold 30,000 tickets in London within 24 hours, earned more than $1 million in ticket sales in Japan in its first 24 hours, and also sold out opening-day screenings in France, Australia, Germany and New Zealand.